I've been noticing this pattern more and more: the big AI race isn't just about who builds the smartest model anymore, it's about who controls the surfaces where AI actually gets used. This piece on Amazon blocking Meta's "Muse" tool from its platform is a good reminder that the tech itself is only half the story. Access, distribution, and who owns the customer relationship matter just as much, maybe more.
As someone who spends most days in the weeds of web development and is slowly leaning into AI tooling, this lands differently than it might for a pure researcher. I think about APIs, integrations, and platform gatekeeping all the time already. Seeing that same dynamic play out at the Amazon/Meta scale just confirms that "AI strategy" for most companies is really "platform strategy" with an AI wrapper.
The smaller tip in the same issue, on setting up ChatGPT to write in your voice, is the kind of practical thing I actually use. I tried it on a few old emails and internal docs, and it got my tone closer than I expected.
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